A Belton woman has a deeply personal connection to the story of fallen Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Brad Lancaster.Until Lancaster’s death in a shooting Monday afternoon, Liz Asten Murray’s father was the last Kansas City, Kansas, officer to die in the line of duty. Sgt. Richard Asten died after being hit by a vehicle on June 11, 1998.“My dad was killed 18 years ago and I feel like it happened yesterday,” Murray said.Her father was deploying stop sticks during a police chase when the fleeing driver hit him. That driver was arrested a short time later.“The papers hailed him a hero,” she said. “To me, he was Dad. That’s more than a hero.”Murray said she knows all too well what the Lancasters are going through right now.“This family shouldn’t be having to go through this,” she said. “People should have more respect for cops.”She credits the Concerned Police Survivors Group with helping her through the pain.

BELTON, Mo. —

A Belton woman has a deeply personal connection to the story of fallen Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Brad Lancaster.

Until Lancaster’s death in a shooting Monday afternoon, Liz Asten Murray’s father was the last Kansas City, Kansas, officer to die in the line of duty. Sgt. Richard Asten died after being hit by a vehicle on June 11, 1998.

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“My dad was killed 18 years ago and I feel like it happened yesterday,” Murray said.

Her father was deploying stop sticks during a police chase when the fleeing driver hit him. That driver was arrested a short time later.

“The papers hailed him a hero,” she said. “To me, he was Dad. That’s more than a hero.”

Murray said she knows all too well what the Lancasters are going through right now.

“This family shouldn’t be having to go through this,” she said. “People should have more respect for cops.”

She credits the Concerned Police Survivors Group with helping her through the pain.